Influence of Maternal Inflammation on Fetal γδ T Cell Development
Winschel, Marlana
Winschel, Marlana
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γδ T cells are unusual tissue-resident T cells that play critical roles in infectious disease, tumor surveillance, and autoimmunity. They are functionally programmed during a critical developmental window in the embryonic thymus. This suggests a disturbance in their development could have long-lasting effects on offspring immunity. Maternal infection during pregnancy leads to an altered offspring immune cell phenotype. We modeled the effect of maternal inflammation on fetal innate-like γδ T cells using poly I:C and LPS. We found that maternal inflammation resulted in a decrease in thymocyte number, γδ T cell number, and altered offspring γδ T cell phenotypes.
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2023-01-01
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